An independent city official who monitors the Denver Police Department said he will investigate its policies and practices related to shooting at moving vehicles after a 17-year-old girl was shot and killed.

Two passengers who were in a car when a 17-year-old girl was shot and killed by Denver police have disputed authorities’ account of her death, saying officers opened fire before one of them was struck by the vehicle.11076840

Denver’s independent monitor has found that the Denver Sheriff’s Department has routinely failed to investigate “serious allegations” from inmates related to their jailers using inappropriate force, sexual misconduct and racial or ethnic slurs.